Growing

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.

~ P. J. O'Rourke

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Elizabeth:  Mom, next year, would you let Maddie and me go to Des Moines by ourselves on Black Friday?

Chris: arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Elizabeth:  You didn't think of that, now did ya?

Chris:  No.

Me:  (whispering)  Next year Maddie will be 17.

Chris:  I KNOW!  SHUT UP!